Display device

ABSTRACT

A display device includes a plurality of subpixels each including a transmission portion and a light emitting portion on a substrate, wherein the light emitting portion includes a driving transistor and an organic light emitting diode connected to the driving transistor, and an extension line extending from a drain electrode of the driving transistor and a first electrode of the organic light emitting diode are connected to each other in the transmission portion.

This application is a continuation application of U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 17/066,376 filed on Oct. 8, 2020, which is adivisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/548,698filed on Aug. 22, 2019, which claims the priority benefit of Republic ofKorea Patent Application No. 10-2018-0099448 filed on Aug. 24, 2018, allof which are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes as iffully set forth herein.

BACKGROUND Field of the Disclosure

The present disclosure relates to a display device and, moreparticularly, to a display device having an enhanced aperture ratio.

Related Art

As the information society has developed, demand for display devices fordisplaying images has increased in various forms. The display field hasrapidly changed to thin, light, and large flat panel display devices(FPD) which replace bulky cathode ray tubes (CRTs). The flat paneldisplay devices include a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma displaypanel (PDP), an organic light emitting display, and an electrophoreticdisplay device (ED).

Among the display devices, the organic light emitting display device isa self-luminous device having a high response speed, high luminousefficiency and brightness, and a wide viewing angle. In particular, theorganic light emitting display device may be formed on a flexiblesubstrate, may be driven at a lower voltage than a plasma display panelor an inorganic electroluminescence (EL) display, and may consume lesspower, and has excellent color sensitivity.

Recently, a transparent display device in which a rear surface isvisible from a front surface has been developed. For example, atransparent organic light emitting display device includes a pixel areain which a light emitting portion emits light and a transmission portionallows external light to be transmitted therethrough, thus implementinga transparent display device. Here, in the pixel area, the lightemitting portion and the transmission portion are in a trade-offrelationship that an increase in the light emitting portion decreasesthe transmission portion and an increase in the transmission portiondecreases the light emitting portion, resulting in difficulty inincreasing an aspect ratio of the light emitting portion. Therefore,research has been continued to increase the aperture ratio of the lightemitting portion without reducing the transmission portion in thetransparent display device.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure provides a display device capable of improving anaperture ratio of the light emitting portion, while preventing loss of atransmission portion as much as possible.

In an aspect, a display device includes a plurality of subpixels eachincluding a transmission portion and a light emitting portion on asubstrate, wherein the light emitting portion includes a drivingtransistor and an organic light emitting diode connected to the drivingtransistor, and an extension line extending from a drain electrode ofthe driving transistor and a first electrode of the organic lightemitting diode are connected to each other in the transmission portion.

The plurality of subpixels may be demarcated as a gate line, a dataline, a sensing line, a power supply line, and a cathode power supplyline intersect each other, and each of the plurality of subpixels mayfurther include a switching transistor, a sensing transistor, and acapacitor.

The light emitting portion may include a first light emitting portionoverlapping the driving transistor and a second light emitting portionoverlapping the sensing transistor and the switching transistor.

The extension line may intersect the data line across a portion betweenthe first light emitting portion and the second light emitting portion.

The first electrode may include a first anode electrode located in thefirst light emitting portion and a second anode electrode located in thesecond light emitting portion.

The first anode electrode and the second anode electrode may extend tothe transmission portion so as to be integrally connected to each other,and the first anode electrode and the second anode electrode may beconnected to each other to form a first repair portion.

The extension line may be in contact with the first anode electrode andthe second anode electrode in the first repair portion.

The display device may further include: a repair line extending from oneside of the power supply line in parallel to the power supply line to aneighboring subpixel; a first connection pattern in contact with therepair line; and a second repair portion including the first anodeelectrode overlapping the first connection pattern.

The display device may further include a cathode contact portion inwhich the cathode power supply line and a second electrode of theorganic light emitting diode overlap each other.

In another aspect, a display device includes a substrate including alight emitting portion and a transmission portion including a firstrepair portion; a thin film transistor located on the substrate andincluding at least a drain electrode, an extension line extending fromthe drain electrode, a passivation film located on the thin filmtransistor and the extension line and exposing the extension line; anovercoat layer located on the passivation layer, corresponding to thelight emitting portion, and spaced apart from the first repair portion,a first electrode located on the overcoat layer, a bank layer located onthe first electrode and exposing the first electrode, a light emittinglayer located on the exposed first electrode and the bank layer, and asecond electrode located on the light emitting layer, wherein the firstelectrode and the extension line are in contact with each other througha contact hole formed in the passivation film in the first repairportion.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a furtherunderstanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute apart of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention andtogether with the description serve to explain the principles of theinvention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an organic light emitting displaydevice, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a schematic circuit diagram of a subpixel, according to oneembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a view illustrating an example of a specific circuitconfiguration of a subpixel, according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an organic light emitting display deviceaccording to a first embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line I-I′ of FIG. 4 ,according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II′ of FIG. 4 ,according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line of FIG. 4 , accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of an organic light emitting display deviceaccording to a second embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV′ of FIG. 8 ,according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along line V-V′ of FIG. 8 ,according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described indetail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Throughout thespecification, the like reference numerals denote the substantially sameelements. In the following description, when a detailed description ofthe relevant known function or configuration is determined tounnecessarily obscure an important point of the present invention, thedetailed description will be omitted. Names of elements used in thefollowing description are selected for the description purpose and maybe different from those of actual products.

As display device according to the present disclosure, an organic lightemitting display device, a liquid crystal display device, and anelectrophoretic display device, and the like, may be used, but in thepresent disclosure, the organic light emitting display device will bedescribed as an example. The organic light emitting display deviceincludes a first electrode as an anode, a second electrode as a cathode,and an organic layer formed of an organic material positioned betweenthe first electrode and the second electrode. Thus, the organic lightemitting display device is a self-luminous device in which holessupplied from the first electrode and electrons supplied from the secondelectrode are combined in the organic layer to form excitons, which arehole-electron pairs, and light is emitted by an energy generated as theexcitons return to a ground state.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an organic light emitting displaydevice, FIG. 2 is a schematic circuit diagram of a subpixel, and FIG. 3is a view illustrating a specific circuit configuration of a subpixel,according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As illustrated in FIG. 1 , the organic light emitting display deviceincludes an image processor 110, a timing controller 120, a data driver130, a scan driver 140, and a display panel 150.

The image processor 110 outputs a data enable signal DE together with adata signal DATA supplied from the outside. The image processor 110 mayoutput at least one of a vertical synchronization signal, a horizontalsynchronization signal, and a clock signal in addition to the dataenable signal DE, but these signals are omitted for convenience ofexplanation.

The timing controller 120 is supplied with the data signal DATA inaddition to driving signals including the data enable signal DE or thevertical synchronization signal, the horizontal synchronization signal,and the clock signal from the image processor 110. The timing controller120 outputs a gate timing control signal GDC for controlling anoperation timing of the scan driver 140 and a data timing control signalDDC for controlling an operation timing of the data driver 130.

In response to the timing control signal DDC supplied from the timingcontroller 120, the data driver 130 samples and latches the data signalDATA supplied from the timing controller 120 and converts the sampleddata signal into a gamma reference voltage and outputs the same. Thedata driver 130 outputs the data signal DATA through data lines DL1 toDLn. The data driver 130 may be formed as an integrated circuit (IC).

The scan driver 140 outputs a scan signal in response to the gate timingcontrol signal GDC supplied from the timing controller 120. The scandriver 140 outputs the scan signal through the gate lines GL1 to GLm.The scan driver 140 is formed as an IC or a gate-in-panel (GIP) in thedisplay panel 150.

The display panel 150 displays an image corresponding to the data signalDATA and the scan signal supplied from the data driver 130 and the scandriver 140. The display panel 150 includes subpixels SP that operate todisplay an image.

The subpixels SP include a red subpixel, a green subpixel, and a bluesubpixel or a white subpixel, a red subpixel, a green subpixel, and ablue subpixel. The subpixels SP may have one or more different emissionareas depending on the emission characteristics.

As illustrated in FIG. 2 , a subpixel includes a switching transistorSW, a driving transistor DR, a capacitor Cst, a compensation circuit CC,and an organic light emitting diode OLED.

The switching transistor SW performs a switching operation so that adata signal supplied through a data line DL is stored as a data voltagein the capacitor Cst in response to a scan signal supplied through afirst gate line GL1. The driving transistor DR operates so that adriving current flows between a power supply line EVDD (high potentialvoltage) and a cathode power supply line EVSS (low potential voltage)according to the data voltage stored in the capacitor Cst. The organiclight emitting diode OLED operates to emit light according to thedriving current generated by the driving transistor DR.

The compensation circuit CC is a circuit added in the subpixel tocompensate for a threshold voltage of the driving transistor DR, and thelike. The compensation circuit CC includes one or more transistors. Aconfiguration of the compensation circuit CC varies according toexternal compensation methods and an example thereof will be describedas follows.

As illustrated in FIG. 3 , the compensation circuit CC includes asensing transistor ST and a sensing line VREF (or a reference line). Thesensing transistor ST is connected between a source electrode of thedriving transistor DR and an anode electrode (hereinafter, referred toas a sensing node) of the organic light emitting diode OLED. The sensingtransistor ST operates to supply an initialization voltage (or sensingvoltage) transmitted through the sensing line VREF to the sensing nodeof the driving transistor DR or to sense a voltage or a current of thesensing node VREF or the sensing line VREF.

A source electrode or a drain electrode of the switching transistor SWis connected to the data line DL and the other one of the sourceelectrode and the drain electrode is connected to a gate electrode ofthe driving transistor DR. A source electrode or a drain electrode ofthe driving transistor DR is connected to the power supply line EVDD andthe other of the source electrode and the drain electrode is connectedto the first electrode, which is an anode, of the organic light emittingdiode OLED. A lower electrode of the capacitor Cst is connected to thegate electrode of the driving transistor DR and an upper electrodethereof is connected to the anode electrode of the organic lightemitting diode OLED. A first electrode of the organic light emittingdiode OLED is connected to the other of the source or drain electrode ofthe driving transistor DR and a second electrode thereof, which is acathode electrode, is connected to the second power supply line EVSS. Asource electrode or a drain electrode of the sensing transistor ST isconnected to the sensing line VREF and the other of the source electrodeor the drain electrode thereof is connected to the other of the sourceand drain electrodes of the driving transistor DR and the firstelectrode of the organic light emitting diode (OLED) which is a sensingnode.

An operation time of the sensing transistor ST may be similar to or thesame as that of the switching transistor SW according to an externalcompensation algorithm (or a configuration of a compensation circuit).For example, the gate electrode of the switching transistor SW may beconnected to the first gate line GL1, and the gate electrode of thesensing transistor ST may be connected to the second gate line GL2. Inthis case, a scan signal Scan is transmitted to the first gate line GL1and a sensing signal Sense is transmitted to the second gate line GL2.In another example, the first gate line GL1 connected to the gateelectrode of the switching transistor SW and the second gate line GL2connected to the gate electrode of the sensing transistor ST may beconnected so as to be shared in common.

The sensing line VREF may be connected to the data driver. In this case,the data driver may sense the sensing node of the subpixel in real timeor during a non-display period of an image or an N frame (N is aninteger of 1 or greater) and generate a sensing result. Meanwhile, theswitching transistor SW and the sensing transistor ST may be turned onat the same time. In this case, a sensing operation through the sensingline VREF and a data output operation of outputting a data signal areseparated (distinguished) from each other based on time divisionmultiplexing (TDM) of the data driver.

In addition, a compensation target according to the sensing result maybe a digital data signal, an analog data signal, gamma, or the like. Acompensation circuit for generating a compensation signal (orcompensation voltage) based on the sensing result may be implemented inthe data driver, in the timing controller, or as a separate circuit.

In FIG. 3 , the subpixel having a 3T (transistor) 1C (capacitor)structure including the switching transistor SW, the driving transistorDR, the capacitor Cst, the organic light emitting diode OLED, and thesensing transistor ST has been described as an example, but it may alsobe configured as 3T2C, 4T2C, 5T1C, 6T2C, etc, when a compensationcircuit CC is added.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an organic light emitting display deviceaccording to a first embodiment of the present disclosure, FIG. 5 is across-sectional view taken along line I-I′ of FIG. 4 , FIG. 6 is across-sectional view taken along line II-II′ of FIG. 4 , and FIG. 7 is across-sectional view taken along line of FIG. 4 , according to anembodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 4 , in the organic light emitting display device ofthe present disclosure, the gate line GL and first to fourth data linesDL1 to DL4 intersect to define first to fourth subpixels SPn1 to SPn4.The first to fourth subpixels SPn1 to SPn4 include first and secondemission areas EMA1 and EMA2 and a transmission area TA.

Specifically, the first to fourth subpixels SPn 1 to SPn 4 connected tothe first to fourth data lines DL 1 to DL 4 are connected in common tothe sensing line VREF. The first subpixel SPn1 and the third subpixelSPn3 are connected to the sensing line VREF through a first sensingconnection line SC1 and the second subpixel SPn2 and the fourth subpixelSPn4 are connected to the sensing line VREF through the second sensingconnection line SC2. The power supply line EVDD is disposed on one sideof the first subpixel SPn1 and the second subpixel SPn2, and the firstto fourth subpixels SPn1 to SPn4 are connected to the power supply lineEVDD through a power supply connection line EVC. The cathode powersupply line EVSS is disposed on one side of the third and fourthsubpixels SPn3 and SPn4 and connected to a second electrode (not shown)which is a cathode.

A first anode electrode ANO1 is disposed at a first light emittingportion EMA1 of each subpixel and a second anode electrode ANO2 isarranged at a second light emitting portion EMA2 so that a firstelectrode ANO is disposed. The first anode electrode ANO1 and the secondanode electrode ANO2 are connected to each other to form the firstelectrode ANO. A driving transistor DR, a capacitor Cst, a sensingtransistor ST, and a switching transistor SW are disposed in eachsubpixel. The first light emitting portion EMA1 overlaps the drivingtransistor DR and the second light emitting portion EMA2 overlaps thesensing transistor ST and the switching transistor SW.

The sensing line VREF is connected to each of the sensing transistors STof the first to fourth subpixels SPn1 to SPn4 through the first andsecond sensing connection lines SC1 and SC2. The power supply line EVDDis connected to each of the driving transistors DR of the first andsecond subpixels SPn1 and SPn2 through the power supply connection lineEVC. The power supply connection line EVC is connected to each of thefour subpixels. The gate lines GL are connected to the respectivesensing and switching transistors ST and SW of the first to fourthsubpixels SPn1 to SPn4.

The first electrode ANO includes a first anode electrode ANO1, a secondanode electrode ANO2, and an anode connection electrode AP. The anodeconnection electrode AP is connected to the driving transistor DR andbranches to the first anode electrode ANO1 and the second anodeelectrode ANO2. The first anode electrode ANO1, the second anodeelectrode ANO2, and the anode connection electrode AP are formed of onebody.

A first repair portion RP1 is disposed in a region where the first anodeelectrode ANO1 and the second anode electrode ANO2 of the firstelectrode ANO are connected to each other. When the one light emittingportion malfunctions due to a foreign object, or the like, which mayoccur during a process, the first repair portion RP1 may cut the firstanode electrode ANO1 of the first light emitting portion EMA1 or thesecond anode electrode ANO2 of the second light emitting portion EMA2 torepair the subpixel.

A second repair portion RP2 is disposed at the first anode electrodeANO1 or the second anode electrode ANO2. When any one of the lightemitting portions of the subpixel malfunctions due to a foreign object,or the like, which may occur during the process, the second repairportion RP2 may cut the first anode electrode ANO1 or the second anodeelectrode ANO2 of the first repair portion RP1 and connect the cut anodeelectrode to the first electrode (anode electrode) of another subpixeladjacent thereto to repair it. A repair line RPL is disposed at thesecond repair portion RP2 and extends from one side of the power supplyline EVDD in parallel to the power supply line EVDD to a neighborsubpixel.

As described above, the first electrode ANO branches to the first anodeelectrode ANO1 of the first light emitting portion EMA1 and the secondanode electrode ANO2 of the second light emitting portion EMA2 to havethe first repair portion RP1. Hereinafter, a connection relationship ofthe first electrode ANO will be described.

Referring to FIG. 5 , a cross-sectional structure of the first subpixelSPn1 will be representatively described, according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. The organic light emitting display deviceaccording to the embodiment of the present disclosure includes a lightshielding layer 120 disposed on a substrate 110. The light shieldinglayer 120 serves to shield ambient light from entering to preventgeneration of an optical current in a thin film transistor (TFT). Abuffer layer 125 is located on the light shielding layer 120. The bufferlayer 125 protects the TFT formed in a follow-up process from impuritiessuch as alkali ions or the like, which are leaked from the lightshielding layer 120. The buffer layer 125 may be a silicon oxide (SiOx),a silicon nitride (SiNx), or a multilayer thereof.

A semiconductor layer 130 of the driving transistor DR is located on thebuffer layer 125 and a capacitor lower electrode LCst is located to bespaced apart from the semiconductor layer 130. The semiconductor layer130 and the capacitor lower electrode LCst may be formed of a siliconsemiconductor or an oxide semiconductor. The silicon semiconductor mayinclude amorphous silicon or crystallized polycrystalline silicon. Here,the polycrystalline silicon has high mobility (100 cm²/Vs or more), lowenergy consumption power, and excellent reliability, and may be appliedto a gate driver for a driving element and/or a multiplexer (MUX).Meanwhile, since the oxide semiconductor has low OFF current, it issuitable for a switching TFT which has a short ON time and maintains along OFF time. Further, since the OFF current is small, a voltagemaintaining period of the pixel is long, which is suitable for a displaydevice requiring low speed driving and/or low power consumption. Inaddition, the semiconductor layer 130 includes a source region and adrain region including a p-type or n-type impurity, and includes achannel therebetween. The capacitor lower electrode LCst is also dopedwith impurities to become conductive.

A gate insulating layer 135 is located on the semiconductor layer 130and the capacitor lower electrode LCst. The gate insulating film 135 maybe a silicon oxide (SiOx), a silicon nitride (SiNx), or a multilayerthereof. A gate electrode 140 is located on the gate insulating film 135at a position corresponding to a predetermined region of thesemiconductor layer 130, that is, at a position corresponding to achannel when impurities are injected. The gate electrode 140 may beformed of any one selected from the group consisting of molybdenum (Mo),aluminum (Al), chromium (Cr), gold (Au), titanium (Ti), nickel (Ni),neodymium (Nd), and copper (Cu) or an alloy thereof. The gate electrode140 may be formed of any one selected from the group consisting of Mo,Al, Cr, Au, Ti, Ni, Ne, and Cu or an alloy thereof. For example, thegate electrode 140 may be a dual-layer of molybdenum/aluminum-neodymiumor molybdenum/aluminum.

An interlayer insulating film 145 insulating the gate electrode 140 islocated on the gate electrode 140. The interlayer insulating film 145may be a silicon oxide film (SiOx), a silicon nitride film (SiNx), or amultilayer thereof. A source electrode 150 a and a drain electrode 150 bare located on the interlayer insulating film 145. The source electrode150 a and the drain electrode 150 b are connected to the semiconductorlayer 130 via a contact hole exposing the source region of thesemiconductor layer 130. The source electrode 150 a and the drainelectrode 150 b may be formed of a single layer or a multilayer. Whenthe source electrode 150 a and the drain electrode 150 b are singlelayers, the source electrode 150 a and the drain electrode 150 b may beformed of molybdenum (Mo), aluminum (Al), chromium (Cr), gold (Au),titanium (Ti), nickel (Ni), neodymium (Nd), and copper (Cu), or an alloythereof. When the source electrode 150 a and the drain electrode 150 bare multilayers, the source electrode 150 a and the drain electrode 150b may be formed of a single layer may be formed of dual-layers ofmolybdenum/aluminum-neodymium or triple layers oftitanium/aluminum/titanium, molybdenum/aluminum/molybdenum ormolybdenum/aluminum-neodymium/molybdenum. Accordingly, the drivingtransistor DR including the semiconductor layer 130, the gate electrode140, the source electrode 150 a, and the drain electrode 150 b isformed. In addition, the capacitor lower electrode LCst forms acapacitor Cst as the drain electrode 150 b serves as a capacitor upperelectrode.

A passivation film 160 is located on the substrate 110 including thedriving transistor DR and the capacitor Cst. The passivation film 160,which is an insulating film for protecting an underlying element, may bea silicon oxide film (SiOx), a silicon nitride film (SiNx), or amultilayer thereof. An overcoat layer 165 is located on the passivationfilm 160. The overcoat layer 165 may be a planarizing film foralleviating a step of a lower structure and is formed of an organicmaterial such as polyimide, benzocyclobutene series resin, or acrylate.The overcoat layer 165 may be formed by a method such as spin on glass(SOG) in which the organic material is coated in a liquid form and thencured. A via hole VIA exposing the passivation film 160 to expose thedrain electrode 150 b is formed at a partial region of the overcoatlayer 165.

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) is located on the overcoat layer165. More specifically, a first electrode ANO is located on the overcoatlayer 165. The first electrode ANO acts as a pixel electrode and isconnected to a drain electrode 150 b of the driving transistor DRthrough an anode connection electrode AP connected to the firstelectrode ANO. The first electrode ANO, which is an anode, may be formedof a transparent conductive material such as indium tin oxide (ITO),indium zinc oxide (IZO), or zinc oxide (ZnO). The organic light emittingdisplay device 100 of the present disclosure may have a top emissionstructure in which the first electrode ANO may be a reflectiveelectrode. Therefore, the first electrode ANO further includes areflective layer (not shown). The reflective layer may be formed ofaluminum (Al), copper (Cu), silver (Ag), nickel (Ni) or an alloythereof, and is preferably formed of APC (silver/palladium/copperalloy).

A bank layer 180 for partitioning a pixel is located on the substrate110 including the first electrode ANO. The bank layer 180 is formed ofan organic material such as polyimide, benzocyclobutene series resin, oracrylate. In the bank layer 180, a pixel defining portion 185 exposingthe first electrode ANO is located. An organic light emitting layer EMLin contact with the first electrode (ANO) is located on a front surfaceof the substrate 110. The organic light emitting layer EML, which is alayer in which electrons and holes are combined to emit light, mayinclude a hole injection layer or a hole transport layer between theorganic light emitting layer EML and the first electrode ANO and mayinclude an electron transport layer or an electron injection layer onthe organic layer EML.

A second electrode CAT is located on the organic light emitting layerEML. The second electrode CAT is located on a front surface of a displayarea A/A and may be formed of magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), aluminum(Al), silver (Ag), or an alloy thereof having a low work function as acathode electrode. The second electrode CAT may be a transparentelectrode and have a small thickness enough for light to be transmittedtherethrough.

In the first subpixel SPn1 of the present disclosure, the drainelectrode 150 b of the driving transistor DR is connected to the firstanode electrode ANO1 and the second anode electrode ANO2 through theanode connection electrode AP. Specifically, the anode connectionelectrode AP is connected to the drain electrode 150 b through a viahole VIA formed in the passivation film 160 and the overcoat layer 165.The anode connection electrode AP connected to the drain electrode 150 bof the driving transistor DR extends to the first repair portion RP1. Asillustrated in FIG. 4 , the anode connection electrode AP branches fromthe first repair portion RP1 to the first anode electrode ANO1 and thesecond anode electrode ANO2. In the first repair portion RP1, when oneof the light emitting portions malfunctions due to a foreign object, orthe like, which may occur during the process, the first anode electrodeANO1 or the second anode electrode ANO2 is cut to repair the lightemitting portion.

In the meantime, the second repair portion RP2 connected to the firstanode electrode ANO1 or the second anode electrode ANO2 is disposed.Hereinafter, the second repair portion RP2 connected to the first anodeelectrode ANO1 will be described as an example.

Referring to FIG. 6 , a repair line RPL is located on a substrate 110and the buffer layer 125 and an interlayer insulating layer 145 arelocated on the repair line RPL in the second repair portion RP2. Thebuffer layer 125 and the interlayer insulating layer 145 has a firstcontact hole CNH1 for exposing the underlying repair line RPL. A firstconnection pattern SDP1 in contact with the repair line RPL through thefirst contact hole CNH1 is located on the interlayer insulating film145. The first connection pattern SDP1 is formed of the same material asthe source electrode 150 a. The passivation film 160 is positioned onthe first connection pattern SDP1 and a first anode connection patternAN1 overlapping the first connection pattern SDP1 is positioned on thepassivation film 160. As illustrated in FIG. 4 , the first anodeconnection pattern AN1 is formed integrally with the first anodeelectrode ANO1 of the first light emitting portion EMA1. The bank layer180, the light emitting layer EML, and the second electrode CAT aresequentially stacked on the first anode connection pattern AN1.

In the second repair portion RP2, when any one light emitting portion ofthe subpixel malfunctions due to a foreign object, or the like, whichmay occur during the process, the first anode electrode ANO1 of thefirst repair portion RP1 may be cut and connected to another subpixeladjacent thereto to perform repairing. Specifically, when thepassivation film 160 between the first connection pattern SDP1 and thefirst anode connection pattern AN1 is removed by irradiating a laser tothe second repair portion RP2, the first connection pattern SDP1 thefirst anode connection patterns AN1 are in contact with each other so asto be electrically connected. Therefore, a voltage applied to the firstelectrode of the adjacent other subpixel (e.g., the lower subpixel ofthe third subpixel SPn3) may be applied to the first anode electrodeANO1 of the first light emitting portion EMA1 of the first subpixelSPn1, and thus, repairing may be performed.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 4 , the cathode power supply line EVSSfor applying a low potential voltage to the second electrode CAT isdisposed. The cathode power supply line EVSS is connected to the secondelectrode CAT overlapping the cathode power supply line EVSS in thecathode contact portion CAC.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 7 , in the cathode contact portion CAC,the cathode power source line EVSS is located on the substrate 110 andthe buffer layer 125 and the interlayer insulating layer 145 are locatedon the cathode power supply line EVSS. The buffer layer 125 and theinterlayer insulating layer 145 have a second contact hole CNH2 exposingthe underlying cathode power supply line EVSS. The second connectionpattern SDP2 connected to the cathode power supply line EVSS through thesecond contact hole CNH2 is formed on the interlayer insulating film145. The second connection pattern SDP2 is formed of the same materialas the source electrode. The passivation film 160 is positioned on thesecond connection pattern SDP2 and the passivation film 160 has a thirdcontact hole CNH3 for exposing the underlying second connection patternSDP2. The overcoat layer 165 is positioned on the passivation film 160and has a fourth contact hole CNH4 exposing the underlying secondconnection pattern SDP2. The second anode connection pattern AN2 ispositioned on the overcoat layer 165 and connected to the secondconnection pattern SDP2 through the third and fourth contact holes CNH3and CNH4. The bank layer 180 is located on the second anode connectionpattern AN2 and has a fifth contact hole CNH5 exposing the underlyingsecond anode connection pattern AN2. The light emitting layer EML andthe second electrode CAT are sequentially stacked on the bank layer 180.

The cathode contact portion CAC serves to lower resistance, whileapplying a low potential voltage to the second electrode CAT. Therefore,in order to lower resistance of the second electrode CAT, a laser may beselectively irradiated to the cathode contact CAC to connect the secondelectrode CAT to the cathode power supply line EVSS. Specifically, whenthe cathode contact portion CAC is irradiated with a laser, the lightemitting layer EML may be removed and the second electrode CAT and thesecond anode connection pattern AN2 may be brought into contact witheach other to be electrically connected. Therefore, the second electrodeCAT may be connected to the cathode power supply line EVSS through thesecond anode connection pattern AN2 to lower resistance of the secondelectrode CAT.

Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5 , the area of the first light emittingportion EMA1 and the second light emitting portion EMA2 is reduced dueto the margin of the via hole VIA disposed between the first lightemitting portion EMA1 and the second light emitting portion EMA2.

Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present disclosure in which thearea of the first light emitting portion EMA1 and the second lightemitting portion EMA2, i.e., an aperture ratio, is improved will bedescribed.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of an organic light emitting display deviceaccording to a second embodiment of the present disclosure, FIG. 9 is across-sectional view taken along line IV-IV′ of FIG. 8 , according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. And FIG. 10 is a cross-sectionalview taken along line V-V′ of FIG. 8 , according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. In the following, the same components as those ofthe first embodiment described above will be briefly described.

Referring to FIG. 8 , in the organic light emitting display device ofthe present disclosure, the gate line GL and first to fourth data linesDL1 to DL4 intersect to define first to fourth subpixels SPn1 to SPn4.The first to fourth subpixels SPn1 to SPn4 include first and secondemission areas EMA1 and EMA2 and a transmission area TA.

Specifically, the first to fourth subpixels SPn 1 to SPn 4 connected tothe first to fourth data lines DL 1 to DL 4 are connected in common tothe sensing line VREF. The first subpixel SPn1 and the third subpixelSPn3 are connected to the sensing line VREF through a first sensingconnection line SC1 and the second subpixel SPn2 and the fourth subpixelSPn4 are connected to the sensing line VREF through the second sensingconnection line SC2. The power supply line EVDD is disposed on one sideof the first subpixel SPn1 and the second subpixel SPn2, and the firstto fourth subpixels SPn1 to SPn4 are connected to the power supply lineEVDD through a power supply connection line EVC. The cathode powersupply line EVSS is disposed on one side of the third and fourthsubpixels SPn3 and SPn4 and connected to a second electrode (not shown)which is a cathode.

A first anode electrode ANO1 is disposed at the first light emittingportion EMA1 of each subpixel and a second anode electrode ANO2 isdisposed at the second light emitting portion EMA2. A driving transistorDR, a capacitor Cst, a sensing transistor ST, and a switching transistorSW are disposed in each subpixel. The sensing line VREF is connected toeach of the sensing transistors ST of the first to fourth subpixels SPn1to SPn4 through the first and second sensing connection lines SC1 andSC2. The power supply line EVDD is connected to each of the drivingtransistors DR of the first and second subpixels SPn1 and SPn2 throughthe power supply connection line EVC. The gate lines GL are connected tothe respective sensing and switching transistors ST and SW of the firstto fourth subpixels SPn1 to SPn4.

The first electrode ANO includes the first anode electrode ANO1 and thesecond anode electrode ANO2. The first repair portion RP1 is disposed ina region branched from the first anode electrode ANO1 and the secondanode electrode ANO2 and the second repair portion RP2 is disposed onone side of the first anode electrode ANO1. A portion extending from thesemiconductor layer 130 forms the capacitor lower electrode LCst and aportion extending from the drain electrode 150 b serves as a capacitorupper electrode to form the capacitor Cst. In particular, an extensionline SEL protruding from a portion of the drain electrode 150 b which isthe capacitor upper electrode so as to intersect the power supply lineEVDD is disposed. The extension line SEL extends from the drainelectrode 150 b which is the upper electrode of the capacitor to thefirst repair portion RP1 located in the transmission portion TA and iselectrically connected to the first anode electrode ANO1 and the secondanode electrode ANO2. The extension line SEL intersects the data lineDL1 across a portion between the first light emitting portion EMA1 andthe second light emitting portion EMA2.

Hereinafter, a specific connection relationship between the extensionline SEL and the first electrode ANO will be described.

Referring to FIGS. 9 and 10 , in the organic light emitting displaydevice according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure, thelight shielding layer 120 is located on the substrate 110 and the bufferlayer 125 is located on the light shielding layer 120. The semiconductorlayer 130 is located on the buffer layer 125 and the gate insulatinglayer 135 is located on the semiconductor layer 130. The gate electrode140 is located on the gate insulating film 135 and the interlayerinsulating film 145 is located on the gate electrode 140. The sourceelectrode 150 a and the drain electrode 150 b are located on theinterlayer insulating film 145. Accordingly, the driving transistor DRincluding the semiconductor layer 130, the gate electrode 140, thesource electrode 150 a, and the drain electrode 150 b is formed. Aportion extending from the semiconductor layer 130 forms the capacitorlower electrode LCst and a portion extending from the drain electrode150 b acts as a capacitor upper electrode to form the capacitor Cst.

The passivation film 160 is positioned on the substrate 110 includingthe driving transistor DR and the capacitor Cst. The passivation film160 has a sixth contact hole CH6 exposing a portion of the extensionline SEL. The sixth contact hole CH6 is disposed in the first repairportion RP1. The overcoat layer 165 is located on the passivation film160. The overcoat layer 165 is not formed in the transmission portion TAas illustrated in FIG. 8 but is formed to expose the sixth contact holeCH6 of the first repair portion RP1. As described above with referenceto FIG. 5 , the contact hole is formed by wet etching in the overcoatlayer 165 as an organic material, and thus, a size of the contact holeis inevitably increased. In the first embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the overcoat layer 165 may not be omitted between the lightemitting portions. In contrast, in the second embodiment of the presentdisclosure, since the overcoat layer 165 is in contact with the firstelectrode ANO in the transmission portion TA through the extension lineSEL, the overcoat layer 165 may be omitted in the transmission portionTA.

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) is positioned on the overcoatlayer 165. More specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 9 , the firstelectrode ANO is located on the passivation film 160 where the overcoatlayer 165 is not formed. The first electrode ANO is formed on thepassivation film 160 in the first repair portion RP1 and is in directcontact with the extension line SEL through the sixth contact hole CH6.The sixth contact hole CH6 of the passivation film 160 is formed throughdry etching, and thus, a size of the sixth contact hole CH6 may beformed to be very small. Therefore, since the first electrode ANO is indirect contact with the extension line SEL through the sixth contacthole CH6, a contact area between the first electrode ANO and theextension line SEL may be significantly reduced.

As described above with reference to FIG. 4 , the contact portion inwhich the first electrode ANO and the drain electrode 150 b are incontact with each other must be connected via the via hole VIA of theovercoat layer 165. Since the via hole VIA is formed in the overcoatlayer 165 which is an organic material by wet etching, a size of the viahole VIA is very large. Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 5 , the areaof the first light emitting portion EMA1 and the second light emittingportion EMA2 is reduced by avoiding the via hole VIA.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 8 , the sixth contact hole CH6, whichis in contact with the extension line SEL of the first electrode ANO andthe drain electrode 150 b, is formed in the first repair portion RP1,the area of the first light emitting portion EMA1 and the second lightemitting portion EMA2 may be increased without substantially reducingthe area of the transmission portion TA due to the small sixth contacthole CH6. Accordingly, as illustrated in FIG. 10 , the second embodimentof the present disclosure has an advantage that the area of the firstlight emitting portion EMA1 and the second light emitting portion EMA2of the subpixel is improved.

Referring to FIG. 10 , the bank layer 180 partitioning the pixel islocated on the substrate 110 including the first electrode ANO, and thepixel defining portion 185 exposing the first electrode ANO ispositioned on the substrate 110. The organic layer EML in contact withthe first electrode ANO is located on the front surface of the substrate110 and the second electrode CAT is located on the organic layer EML.

The organic light emitting display device according to the secondembodiment of the present disclosure is significantly improved inaperture ratio compared to the first embodiment. Table 1 below shows theaperture ratios of the organic light emitting display devices accordingto the first and second embodiments by model.

TABLE 1 First embodiment Second embodiment #1 55-inch UHD (80.6 ppi)24.4% 29.3% #2 55-inch FHD (40.3 ppi) 29.8% 31.6%

Referring to Table 1, the aperture ratio of the organic light emittingdisplay device according to the second embodiment of the presentdisclosure is improved by about 20% and 6%, compared to the firstembodiment (with respect to 100%).

In the organic light emitting display device according to the secondembodiment of the present disclosure, since the contact portion of thefirst electrode and the driving transistor is formed in the first repairportion through an extension line extending from the drain electrode ofthe driving transistor which is the capacitor upper electrode, theaperture ratio may be improved.

As described above, the organic light emitting display devices accordingto the embodiments of the present disclosure include the first andsecond repair portions, and thus, repairing may be performed when asubpixel malfunctions or is defective.

In addition, in the organic light emitting display devices according tothe embodiments of the present disclosure, since the contact portion ofthe first electrode and the driving transistor is formed in the firstrepair portion through the extension line extending from the drainelectrode of the driving transistor which is the capacitor upperelectrode, the aperture ratio may be improved.

Although embodiments have been described with reference to a number ofillustrative embodiments thereof, it should be understood that numerousother modifications and embodiments can be devised by those skilled inthe art that will fall within the scope of the principles of thisdisclosure. More particularly, various variations and modifications arepossible in the component parts and/or arrangements of the subjectcombination arrangement within the scope of the disclosure, the drawingsand the appended claims. In addition to variations and modifications inthe component parts and/or arrangements, alternative uses will also beapparent to those skilled in the art.

What is claimed is:
 1. A display device comprising: a subpixel includinga transmission portion and a light emitting portion, wherein the lightemitting portion includes a driving transistor and an organic lightemitting diode connected to the driving transistor, and an anodeconnection electrode connected to the driving transistor, and whereinthe anode connection electrode is connected to a first electrode of theorganic light emitting diode at a point out of the light emittingportion, wherein the subpixel is connected to a gate line, a data line,a sensing line, a power supply line, and a cathode power supply line,and wherein the subpixel further comprises a switching transistor, asensing transistor, and a capacitor.
 2. The display device according toclaim 1, wherein the extension line is extended from an electrode of thedriving transistor.
 3. The display device according to claim 1, whereinthe anode connection electrode is formed in a same layer and in a samematerial as the first electrode of the organic light emitting diode. 4.The display device according to claim 1, wherein the anode connectionelectrode and the first electrode of the organic light emitting diodeare connected to each other at the point out of the light emittingportion in a form of one body.
 5. The display device according to claim4, wherein the anode connection electrode is connected to the drivingtransistor at a via hole.
 6. The display device according to claim 1,further comprising: the gate line crossing the subpixel, and wherein thegate line is formed of a single line in the transmission portion, and isbranched into two lines at a point adjacent to the light emittingportion.
 7. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising:the gate line crossing the subpixel, and wherein the gate line comprisesa form of a closed loop, and wherein the gate line overlaps with thelight emitting portion.
 8. The display device according to claim 1,wherein the light emitting portion comprises a first light emittingportion overlapping with the driving transistor and a second lightemitting portion overlapping with the sensing transistor and theswitching transistor.
 9. The display device according to claim 8,wherein the anode connection electrode intersects the data line across aportion between the first light emitting portion and the second lightemitting portion.
 10. The display device according to claim 8, whereinthe first electrode includes a first anode electrode located in thefirst light emitting portion and a second anode electrode located in thesecond light emitting portion.
 11. The display device of claim 10,wherein the first anode electrode and the second anode electrode extendto the transmission portion to be integrally connected to each other,and the first anode electrode and the second anode electrode areconnected to each other to form a first repair portion.
 12. The displaydevice of claim 10, wherein the extension line is in contact with thefirst anode electrode and the second anode electrode in the first repairportion.
 13. The display device of claim 10, further comprising: arepair line extending from one side of the power supply line in parallelto the power supply line to a neighboring subpixel; a first connectionpattern in contact with the repair line; and a second repair portionconnected to the first anode electrode overlapping the first connectionpattern.
 14. The display device according to 10, further comprising: acathode portion in which the cathode power supply line and a secondelectrode of the organic light emitting diode overlap each other.